Falcaria vulgaris Bernh

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inApiaceae, Plant families

Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Falcaria// Species: Falcaria vulgaris L.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin (1968 in Tutin at al., Umbelliferae – key to genera and Falcaria Fabr.), Matevski (2005, Umbelliferae – key to genera) and Micevski (2005 in Matevski, Falcaria Fabr.)

Lifeform: Biennial or perennial.

Distribution: Native from Central Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia, Central Asia and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Hill pastures, edges of woods and roadsides. Recorded in the region of village of Beli and “Svilanovo” region near village of Rajchani.

Flowering period:  Summer: JUL, AUG.

Falcaria vulgaris– habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– umbel. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– umbel. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– umbel. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– rays with partial umbels and bracteoles. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– peduncle of umbel with bracts; rays and partial umbels with bracteoles. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– fruits. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– stem wth cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– stem wth cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– lower cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– lower cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– adaxial side of leaf segments. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Falcaria vulgaris– abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Falcaria vulgaris Bernh. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842163-1 [Accessed 14.08.2022].

Falcaria vulgaris. Hand, R. 2011+: Apiaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/023258e8-3c4e-408b-831d-c5c8c52f2927 [Accessed 03.01.2026].

Matevski, V. 2005. Umbelliferae (key to genera), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1529–1534.

Micevski, K. 2005. Falcaria Fabr. In Matevski, V. (ed.), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1610–1611.

Tutin, T. G. 1968. Falcaria Fabr. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 354.

Tutin, T. G. 1968. Umbelliferae (key to genera). In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 315–319.

Last update: 03.01.2026.